diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index b28a65ecd61b766e555bd254cffa2f26c6c97987..b3f253f2841eade726eb7432c208802581fc0127 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -2619,19 +2619,17 @@ static int perf_file_header__read_pipe(struct perf_pipe_file_header *header,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int perf_header__read_pipe(struct perf_session *session, int fd)
+static int perf_header__read_pipe(struct perf_session *session)
 {
 	struct perf_header *header = &session->header;
 	struct perf_pipe_file_header f_header;
 
-	if (perf_file_header__read_pipe(&f_header, header, fd,
+	if (perf_file_header__read_pipe(&f_header, header, session->fd,
 					session->repipe) < 0) {
 		pr_debug("incompatible file format\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	session->fd = fd;
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -2725,20 +2723,21 @@ static int perf_evlist__prepare_tracepoint_events(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int perf_session__read_header(struct perf_session *session, int fd)
+int perf_session__read_header(struct perf_session *session)
 {
 	struct perf_header *header = &session->header;
 	struct perf_file_header	f_header;
 	struct perf_file_attr	f_attr;
 	u64			f_id;
 	int nr_attrs, nr_ids, i, j;
+	int fd = session->fd;
 
 	session->evlist = perf_evlist__new();
 	if (session->evlist == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	if (session->fd_pipe)
-		return perf_header__read_pipe(session, fd);
+		return perf_header__read_pipe(session);
 
 	if (perf_file_header__read(&f_header, header, fd) < 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.h b/tools/perf/util/header.h
index 669fda531da655523eb76dfb2ba52a7f3bd855c4..0bacb2d6eafa7d13d38c75374b9a82c8c93e7131 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.h
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ struct perf_header {
 struct perf_evlist;
 struct perf_session;
 
-int perf_session__read_header(struct perf_session *session, int fd);
+int perf_session__read_header(struct perf_session *session);
 int perf_session__write_header(struct perf_session *session,
 			       struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 			       int fd, bool at_exit);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index d0d9f946a1b1c3113237fd6e54d6de9e003ae20d..272c9cf571229b45e09fa6af26d9471a6e61ac00 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ static int perf_session__open(struct perf_session *self, bool force)
 		self->fd_pipe = true;
 		self->fd = STDIN_FILENO;
 
-		if (perf_session__read_header(self, self->fd) < 0)
+		if (perf_session__read_header(self) < 0)
 			pr_err("incompatible file format (rerun with -v to learn more)");
 
 		return 0;
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static int perf_session__open(struct perf_session *self, bool force)
 		goto out_close;
 	}
 
-	if (perf_session__read_header(self, self->fd) < 0) {
+	if (perf_session__read_header(self) < 0) {
 		pr_err("incompatible file format (rerun with -v to learn more)");
 		goto out_close;
 	}